GovTech Sandbox

During the program, innovation projects are initiated in public sector institutions, addressing specific directions of change. The program focuses on creating products based on emerging technologies and evaluating how the developed product contributes to the implementation of the direction of change. 

In the case of positive results: 

•  Regulatory, process, and behavioral changes necessary for the successful use of the developed product are analyzed and initiated;  
• The expansion of the developed product to other public sector institutions is ensured. 

In 2024, the pilot GovTech Sandbox program is being implemented. During the program, 15 public sector institutions test products based on artificial intelligence technology. Additionally, 6 concepts are being developed to assess the future possibilities of utilizing artificial intelligence in the public sector.  

Strategic foresight approach was used for co-creation of the concepts, starting with identification of main change drivers and critical uncertainties and moving to future building.  

Concepts were developed by choosing the positions: 

DECISION-MAKING

In general, does your future Lithuania focus more on responsible human decision-making or automated data-driven decision-making?

PUBLIC SAFETY

In general, does your future Lithuania work mostly by a trust-based approach or a control-based approach to public safety and security?

NATIONAL SECURITY

In general, does your future Lithuania focus more on ensuring national security through direct investments in national capabilities or through international collaboration (e.g. EU and NATO)?

SUCCESFUL PUBLIC SECTOR

In general, does your future Lithuania focus on building an succesful public sector through national standardization of best practice or through institutional autonomy and experimentation?

ATRACTIVENESS OF PUBLIC SECTOR

In general, does your future Lithuania focus on providing conditions responding to individual public sector employee needs and motivation or through ensuring standardized and collective needs?

PUBLIC SECTOR MISSION

In general, does your future Lithuania focus on citizens satisfaction or achievement of global goals, f.e. sustainable agenda?

LANGUAGE POLICY

In general, does your future Lithuania focus on maintaining the purity of the Lithuanian language or on embracing and enabling an ever-changing Lithuanian language?

ENGLISH ADOPTION

In general, does your future Lithuania focus primarily on consolidating the dominance of the Lithuanian language or on supporting the use of English?

WORK LANGUAGE

In general, do people in your future Lithuania use the same language in and outside of work, or do it use a different language when at work?

The dominance of AI-driven decision-making leads to a more efficient but impersonal form of governance…